[dba-Tech] Windows 8

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Sat Apr 21 11:19:09 CDT 2012


Hi Jim

The phone emulator will be fixed, of course, but no date yet.

/gustav


>>> accessd at shaw.ca 21-04-12 17:24 >>>
"...no more Acrobat Reader updates... "; excellent. 
"...ISO files can be mounted as a drive by a single click..."; catching up
with Linux?...maybe no need for a emulator then?
"...the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows..."; odd?

VirtualBox?

Jim

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 7:24 AM
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Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8

Hi all

Lots of improvement in the Consumer Preview version.

Now the Desktop is readily available, finally a native PDF viewer (Reader)
is at hand (no more Acrobat Reader updates), and ISO files can be mounted as
a drive by a single click.

But Flash is disabled in the Metro IE - for a good reason, many say - and
the XNA Game Studio for Windows Phone is incompatible.
Also, the Windows Phone Emulator won't run in 64-bit Windows 8 - and who
would run 32-bit OS these days?
Neither Windows XP Mode nor Virtual 2007 PC can be installed. You will have
to use some other emulator.

/gustav



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